"I...uhh....well I....I thought we decided on being best friends...." She
replied, while smiling weakly at him.
"Yeah...we did..." His face was emotionless. He stared back down at his
food and they ate in silence until Lori came bounding into Luke's wearing
the biggest grin on her face. Jess continued to stare at his half-eaten
burger, lost in his thoughts.
"Mommy! Mommy!" Rory looked up into her daughter's big blue eyes.
"What are you so happy about?"
"I met the coolest kid today!! Can I have him over tonight?" Lori was
just too excited for Rory to say no exspecially since Lori hadn't had a
real friend since Rory and Jess came back from the hospital.
"Sure!-Wait...HIM?"
"Yeah! His name is Josh and he loves to read! Even more than me!! So can
I have him over? PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!" Jess was now paying attention.
"What did you say that kid's name was?" Lori looked at him as if she was
just now noticing him.
"Josh."
"Josh what?"
"Josh Waters." She replied, still smiling.
"Jess...what's wrong?" Asked Rory noticing his expression.
"No...I uhh..this can't be right...." He closed his eyes having
flashbacks of his, what seemed, never ending dream when he was in that
coma a year and ½ ago.
"Jess?" Lori put her hand on Jess's arm and his eyes snapped open.
"What's wrong?"
"I have to go.." He got up and practically ran out of Luke's. Lori looked
at her mother with confusion written all over her face.
"Mom, what's wrong with him? How can he not like Josh!?! He doesn't even
know him!!!" Lori wanted Jess's approval for anything and everything and
the one person she REALLY wanted his approval on, he already had decided
that he didn't like him. Lori started getting mad. "FINE! If he doesn't
want to meet Josh...FINE!!!" She ran out the door and towards their
house, crying.
Rory got up as well and went in search of Jess. She knew how much Lori
wanted Jess's approval of her friends....She decided to start looking at
the bridge...and that's where she found him. His head was in his hands as
he sat with his feet dangling over the still water. Rory began to
approach him and she sat down. "What's going on with you, Jess? I just
don't get it...I mean you totally flipped out." She spoke slowly and
quietly not wanting to make him more upset than he already was.
"I'm sorry....I just...it's real, Rory."
"What?"
"My dream during the coma...it comming true..."
"Jess.....that doesn't make sense! I'm still alive!! In your dream, I was
dead..." He stared at her and it was then she understood...maybe she was
going to die soon...
"That kid...Josh...She marries him..."
"I don't know what to say....are you sure?"
"YES!!! Rory! I don't know what life I'm living in! Am I still in a coma?
Am I still dreaming? I DON'T KNOW!!!"
"Jess...wake up..." Jess opened his eyes and looked up into Rory's eyes.
"Hey...you ok?" He breathed a heavy sigh, realizing he was only dreaming.
He looked at his surroundings. He was on Rory's couch and he was
shirtless...much to Rory's pleasure.
"Huh? Oh yeah..I'm fine.....I think..."
"Ok..."
"Where's Lori?"
"Oh she's still out with Josh." Jess started to panic.
"WHAT!! SHE'S OUT WITH JOSH!!"
"Jess, it's only 11:30 and besides she's 17 and-"
"She's 17!?!"
"Yes....wow you really need to go back to sleep...."
"Are her and Josh dating?!!??"
"What? Are you kidding?"
"No...are they dating?"
"Oh yeah that'll be the day!"
"What do you mean?"
"Josh and Lori have been best friends since they were kids! They will
NEVER date! Lori's got the perfect boyfriend anyways! Ya
know...Ryan...he's such a great kid....and besides....you knew all
this..." Just as Jess was about to answer, Lori and Josh walked in.
"Hey mom!...hey Jess!" Said Lori as she walked to her room.
"Rory....Jess..." Said Josh as he followed Lori into her room.
"Rory...they can't...why...they can't be alone...in her room!!!"
"Jess, relax! It's Josh! What's your deal..." Jess tried to think up
something intelligent that would make sense of his insanity.
"I uhh..I guess it's the coma thing..ya know.."
"Well ok...but that was a long long time ago, Jess..I thought you would
be over it by now..oh well..goodnight." She came and kissed the top of
his head and walked upstairs to her bedroom. Once Jess was sure that she
was out of sight, he got up and peeked into Lori's room.
"So what's the deal with Jess anyways?" Asked Josh without looking up
from the book he was reading.
"Oh I don't know...they never talk about their 'love life' way back when
they were younger and so I just never asked. They're just best friends."
"Is that it?"
"Yes...I think...I don't know.... So what did you think about that book I
lent you?" Josh looked up from his book and smiled.
"It was great." They smiled at each other and then looked down, just then
Jess saw Josh look up over his book, sneeking a glance at Lori.... It
reminded Jess of him and Rory back before they started dating. He would
always sneek glances at her while she was reading....
replied, while smiling weakly at him.
"Yeah...we did..." His face was emotionless. He stared back down at his
food and they ate in silence until Lori came bounding into Luke's wearing
the biggest grin on her face. Jess continued to stare at his half-eaten
burger, lost in his thoughts.
"Mommy! Mommy!" Rory looked up into her daughter's big blue eyes.
"What are you so happy about?"
"I met the coolest kid today!! Can I have him over tonight?" Lori was
just too excited for Rory to say no exspecially since Lori hadn't had a
real friend since Rory and Jess came back from the hospital.
"Sure!-Wait...HIM?"
"Yeah! His name is Josh and he loves to read! Even more than me!! So can
I have him over? PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!" Jess was now paying attention.
"What did you say that kid's name was?" Lori looked at him as if she was
just now noticing him.
"Josh."
"Josh what?"
"Josh Waters." She replied, still smiling.
"Jess...what's wrong?" Asked Rory noticing his expression.
"No...I uhh..this can't be right...." He closed his eyes having
flashbacks of his, what seemed, never ending dream when he was in that
coma a year and ½ ago.
"Jess?" Lori put her hand on Jess's arm and his eyes snapped open.
"What's wrong?"
"I have to go.." He got up and practically ran out of Luke's. Lori looked
at her mother with confusion written all over her face.
"Mom, what's wrong with him? How can he not like Josh!?! He doesn't even
know him!!!" Lori wanted Jess's approval for anything and everything and
the one person she REALLY wanted his approval on, he already had decided
that he didn't like him. Lori started getting mad. "FINE! If he doesn't
want to meet Josh...FINE!!!" She ran out the door and towards their
house, crying.
Rory got up as well and went in search of Jess. She knew how much Lori
wanted Jess's approval of her friends....She decided to start looking at
the bridge...and that's where she found him. His head was in his hands as
he sat with his feet dangling over the still water. Rory began to
approach him and she sat down. "What's going on with you, Jess? I just
don't get it...I mean you totally flipped out." She spoke slowly and
quietly not wanting to make him more upset than he already was.
"I'm sorry....I just...it's real, Rory."
"What?"
"My dream during the coma...it comming true..."
"Jess.....that doesn't make sense! I'm still alive!! In your dream, I was
dead..." He stared at her and it was then she understood...maybe she was
going to die soon...
"That kid...Josh...She marries him..."
"I don't know what to say....are you sure?"
"YES!!! Rory! I don't know what life I'm living in! Am I still in a coma?
Am I still dreaming? I DON'T KNOW!!!"
"Jess...wake up..." Jess opened his eyes and looked up into Rory's eyes.
"Hey...you ok?" He breathed a heavy sigh, realizing he was only dreaming.
He looked at his surroundings. He was on Rory's couch and he was
shirtless...much to Rory's pleasure.
"Huh? Oh yeah..I'm fine.....I think..."
"Ok..."
"Where's Lori?"
"Oh she's still out with Josh." Jess started to panic.
"WHAT!! SHE'S OUT WITH JOSH!!"
"Jess, it's only 11:30 and besides she's 17 and-"
"She's 17!?!"
"Yes....wow you really need to go back to sleep...."
"Are her and Josh dating?!!??"
"What? Are you kidding?"
"No...are they dating?"
"Oh yeah that'll be the day!"
"What do you mean?"
"Josh and Lori have been best friends since they were kids! They will
NEVER date! Lori's got the perfect boyfriend anyways! Ya
know...Ryan...he's such a great kid....and besides....you knew all
this..." Just as Jess was about to answer, Lori and Josh walked in.
"Hey mom!...hey Jess!" Said Lori as she walked to her room.
"Rory....Jess..." Said Josh as he followed Lori into her room.
"Rory...they can't...why...they can't be alone...in her room!!!"
"Jess, relax! It's Josh! What's your deal..." Jess tried to think up
something intelligent that would make sense of his insanity.
"I uhh..I guess it's the coma thing..ya know.."
"Well ok...but that was a long long time ago, Jess..I thought you would
be over it by now..oh well..goodnight." She came and kissed the top of
his head and walked upstairs to her bedroom. Once Jess was sure that she
was out of sight, he got up and peeked into Lori's room.
"So what's the deal with Jess anyways?" Asked Josh without looking up
from the book he was reading.
"Oh I don't know...they never talk about their 'love life' way back when
they were younger and so I just never asked. They're just best friends."
"Is that it?"
"Yes...I think...I don't know.... So what did you think about that book I
lent you?" Josh looked up from his book and smiled.
"It was great." They smiled at each other and then looked down, just then
Jess saw Josh look up over his book, sneeking a glance at Lori.... It
reminded Jess of him and Rory back before they started dating. He would
always sneek glances at her while she was reading....